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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
642 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

FLZ076-077-242315-
MONROE/MIDDLE KEYS FL-MONROE/UPPER KEYS FL-
642 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MIDDLE KEYS IN
MONROE AND MONROE/UPPER KEYS COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS VALID UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED NEAR TAVERNIER
AND 10 TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAIG KEY...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST
AT 15 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT
AREAS AROUND WINDLEY KEY...UPPER MATECUMBE KEY...ISLAMORADA...LOWER
MATECUMBE KEY...LAYTON AND CRAIG KEY THROUGH 745 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO
ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR
DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN KEY WEST DIRECTLY AT 3 0 5...2 9 6...1 3 1 6...EXTENSION 3.

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